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Earthquake numbers by district and magnitude

February 2010
District M>=6 6>M>=5 5>M>=4 4>M>=3 M<3 Unknown Total
Hokkaido 0 1 4 42 795 74 916
Tohoku 0 1 9 49 1958 37 2054
Kanto 0 0 2 18 955 15 990
Chubu 0 0 1 10 997 9 1017
Kinki 0 0 0 9 996 15 1020
Chugoku, Shikoku 0 0 1 3 433 7 444
Kyushu, Ryukyu Is. 2 7 27 199 2527 140 2902
Near Japan * 2 3 33 86 70 5 199
Total 4 12 77 416 8731 302 9542

*; Sakhalin, Kurile Is., Korea, Ogasawara Is., Primorskii, Taiwan
Total number of earthquakes felt with a seismic intensity of 1 or greater on the JMA scale: 103
(Includes earthquakes whose hypocentral parameters were not determined.)